Non-freezing tank.



PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905.

0. J. FABIAN. NON-FREEZING TANK. APPLICATION FILED FEB 14 1900 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

NON-FREEZING TANK.

Application filed February 1905- 'Serial I To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR J. ,FABIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in N on-Freezing Tanks, of which the following isa specification.

This invention. relates to a tank and weightcontrolled valve for use in connection with the bowl of a closet; and the object is a tank in which water will not stand when the device is not in use, thereby avoiding the danger of the apparatus being injured by freezing of Water therein.

The invention consists in an inner receptacle arranged within the flush-tank, the water-supply being discharged into the said inner receptacle,'and the weight of the receptacle and the water therein operates to close the valve controlling the discharge or flush pipe. Means are also provided whereby the inner receptacle is gradually emptied into the flush-tank and1 the valve then opened and the tank emptie The device is designed to be used in connection with a bowl or apparatus whereby water is discharged into the receptacle only when the same is in use and the supply cut off when the device is not in use. As shown by me, this is done by the lifting or lowering of the bowl-cover; but as the manner of starting and stopping the flow of water in the supply-pipe is not a part of my invention and is not material I have not described the same.

My invention also consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, a portion of the sides of the tank being broken out. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the tank and cooperating parts, the supply-pipe and lever being in elevation.

In the drawings, A represents the tank having a discharge-pipe B, which flushes a bowl B. A supply-pipe C extends upwardly into the tank A, and the upper end of the pipe C is curved over and downwardly and discharges into a receptacle D, having in its sides a plurality of perforations D, the aggregate cross sectional area of which is less than that of the pipe C. The receptacle D is suspended by means of ahook D to an end of alever E, which is pivotally carried intermediate its ends by a cross-piece A, arranged on the tank A. To

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

the opposite end of the lever is pivoted a valvestem F, the said stem being connected at its lower end to a tubular valve F, which valve is provided at its lower end with a conical enlargement F forming the valve proper and working in a plug G, carried by the bottom of the tank A, the pipe B being connected by any desirable form of union or coupling to the said plug. The valve F or, more accurately speaking, the enlargement of the valve seats upon a valve-seat F formed in the upper end of the plug G.

The operation of the above-described device is as follows: The lever E, receptacle D, and valve F are normally in the positions shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. No water can therefore stand in the tank A. When the bowl B is inuse, by raising a cover B or by any other suitable means the supply-pipe C is opened, and water is conveyed therethrough and discharges into the receptacle D. Some of this water will escape through the perforations D and from the tank before the weight of water in the receptacle has affected the balance of the lever E, and this water will dampen the sides of the bowl B. As the receptacle D fills the Weight of Water therein will actuate the lever E and the enlargement of the valve F will bear on the seat F and no water can then pass out of the tank A. The water escaping from the receptacle D through the opening D or by overflow will be held in the tank A until the supply through the pipe 0 is cut off by discontinuance of the use of the bowl, as by falling of the cover B or in any other desired manner, and as the water drains from the receptacle D the valve F by its weight will drop into its normal position and the water which has accumulated in the tank will escape through the pipe B and flush the bowl, the tank A being entirely emptied. If for any reason the supply of water is not cut off in the pipe C, the tankA will be prevented from overflowing by reason of the tubular construction of the valve F, the surplus passing out of the tank through the said valve without its leaving its seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising a flush-tank, a supply-pipe, a valve-controlled discharge-pipe, a pivoted lever, said lever being pivotally connected to the pipevalve, a receptacle secured to the lever and adapted to receive Water from the supplypipe and adapted to actuate the valve by reason of Weight of the water, and means for permitting the escape of a portion of the Water prior to actuation of the valve.

2. A device of the kind described compising a tank, a discharge-pipe, a valve therein, a supply-pipe, a receptacle arranged Within the tank and adapted to receive the contents of the supply-pipe, means whereby the Weight of water in the said receptacle closes the l valve, and means for permitting escape of a I portion of the contents of the receptacle prior to the closing of the valve.

OSCAR J. FABIAN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J. KENsLER, (J. AUGUST HEOKEL. 

